Childhood's End
by Clarke, Arthur C
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Ballantine Books, 1953. First Edition. Very Good/Good. First edition, first printing. Publisher's red cloth binding with titles in black on spine. Very Good with light rubbing at extremities, pages lightly toned, endsheets offset. In a Good dust jacket with price of $2.00 intact, staining, edge wear with chips missing at corners and fading to the spine lettering.
Synopsis
Arthur C. Clarke is considered to be the greatest science fiction writer of all time. He is an international treasure in many other ways: An article written by him in 1945 led to the invention of satellite technology. Books by Mr. Clarke--both fiction and nonfiction--have more than one hundred million copies in print worldwide. He lives in Sri Lanka.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140937440
- Title
- Childhood's End
- Author
- Clarke, Arthur C
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1953
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...